Another good night's
sleep, even if I was up with the lark. After a quick fix of
BattleStar Galactica Steve and Sarah arrived and we popped round to
the Foundry for a spot of brekkie. You really can't go wrong with a
fry up.
And so to Shadoxhurst.
The astro club had been asked to put on a stall to entertain the
punters again, and we did. After an initial bit of to-ing and fro-ing
with a rather officious twit in a hi-Vis jacket we were soon
organised and ready for the punters. We had an array of scopes set up
(including the solar scope), hand-outs and magazines on
display, and we spent much of the day chatting with the normal people
about things astronomical.
In between entertaining
the masses we soaked up the ambiance. there were cake stalls and tat
stalls. I bought a book from one of them - "How to Hypnotise
a Chicken". There was a pet supplies stall who gave me some
free samples and can deliver food to the door at half the price I at
which get the stuff from Pets at Home. There was a home made ice
cream stall. There was a beer tent. there was even a ditch in which
you could tiddle - the event was let down by the lavatorial
facilities.
"Daddies Little
Angel TM" and the Rear Admiral and Sid
came to visit our stall, and helped us out for a bit. In between
astronomisng we watched the dog-related run. There was an
entertaining five minutes in the agility event when a dog got stuck
in the tunnel and a small child had to be sent in to retrieve said
pup. There were also several CrackWatch opportunities in the
tug'o'war; if only I'd been quicker with the camera. And we even had
a visit from a llama. I took one or two photos of the day and have
put them on-line.
Home, and we took "Furry
Face TM" for a walk round the park. He
seemed to like it. After the walk and after tea I tried him on some
of the free sample of dog food I'd got earlier in the day. He
absolutely loved it. I'll see how he gets on with the rest of the
stuff. I may well be going over to that stuff on a permanent basis.
And with er indoors
TM" off out for the evening I settled down
in front of the telly for a DVD-o-thon. Sometimes you can't beat a
good slob-about.
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